birding, photography and living with pet birds
Posted in shorebirds, songbird on Aug 26th, 2012
Years ago I saw an American Pipit in Northern California. I think it was in San Mateo. I’m really surprised that I didn’t post about it because I think the shots were pretty decent. But good pictures with that old lens aren’t as good as the 500mm lens pictures I took in the Uintas earlier [...]
Posted in songbird on Aug 21st, 2011
It took me the longest time to see my first Grey Catbird. I’ve heard them, but not seen them. As the name suggests, these birds meow like cats. Last summer Jon got pictures of them while I was somewhere else and I completely missed the bird! But finally on July 9th, I saw him! He [...]
Posted in songbird on Nov 6th, 2010
A few weeks ago I went back to Silver Lake based on reports of crossbills and hookbills. I’ve never seen any types of either bird. Alas no crossbills or hookbills, but I did see some gorgeous views. But I did see a Brown Creeper. I was excited because I recognized the call before I recognized [...]
Posted in bushtit, songbird, tyrant flycatcher on Sep 26th, 2009
Do you know how many grey birds there are in San Francisco? There are flycatchers. There are bushtits. And there are vireos! This is a Warbling Vireo. You can tell the difference between a Warbling Vireo and other types by the faint line that goes from the right of his eye to the back of [...]